Fastening for buttons, &amp;c.



, N0.`72'7,239. PATENTED MM5, 1903,.

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FASTBNING FoR'BUTToNs, 6W.

-APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1902.

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Patented May 5, 1903.`

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CARTTER WEAVER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

FASTENING FOR BUTTONS, 86C. I

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent O. 727,239, dated May 5, 1903.

Application filed September 25,1902. Serial No. 124,839. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known' that I, CARTTER WEAVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fastenings forButtons,&c. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the fastening devices employed for attaching a button or similar article to a fabric or garment without sewing.

The object of my invention is the provision of an inexpensive fastener of this character which can be easily passed through ordinary fabrics and readily attached to and removed from a button or similar article, so that, if desired, it may be readily removed for cleaning or laundering the garment or transferred from one garment to another.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a sectional elevation of a button provided with my improved fastener. Fig. 2 is a transverse section at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a hack view of the button. Figs. 4. and 5 are transverse central sections of modified constructions of the button. Fig. 6 is a face view of the button shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a transverse central section of a metallic button of modified form embodying myinvention. Fig. Sis aback view of the saine. Fig. 9 is a transverse central section of another modification of the button. Fig. l0 is a section in line l0 l0, Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a trans-I verse central section of still another modied construction. Fig. l2 is a view similar to Fig. 9, showing the reinforcing-washer applied to the yoke.

Similar letters 'of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings, A indicates the body of a bu-tton, and B the fabric or garment to which it is attached by my fastener C. The latter is preferably bent from a rsingle piece of spring-wire, such as piano-wire,- and consists of a yoke extending' diametrically across the back of the button and provided at its ends with inwardly-facin g hooksor catches c c,rwhich interlock with sockets or seats d, formed in opposite portions of the button and arranged substantially at right angles to the axis of the same. These seats may be lined with metallic bushings or tubular reinforcements d to prevent wear and breakage of the button when the same is made of a friable material. The yoke C is provided midway of its ends with a spring o2, preferably in the shape of a backwardly-extending bow, which renders the yoke elastic or extensible and at the same time serves as an attaching-eye adapted to penetrate the fabric of a garment or other article. The yoke when detached from the button is somewhat shorter than the distance between the outer ends of the seats cl, so that it must be distended in order to spring its hooks into the seats, the spring-eye c2 permitting of this action and drawing the hooks tightly into the seats by its tendency to contract. The central portion of the yoke may be held against lateral displacement by any suitable means. In the construction shown in Figs. l. 2, and 3 the two arms of the yoke,which extend outwardly from opposite sides ofthe springeye,are seated in a diametrical groove e, formed in the back of the button.

To permit theV yoke to be easily threaded through the fabric, one of its hooks is pointed, and to facilitate interlocking the yoke with the button its opposite hook is made comparatively short.

' In fastening the button to a fabric or garment the pointed hook c of the detached fastening-yoke is thrust through the fabric, and

the adjacent arm thereof is drawn through the punctures until the spring-eye c2 is thread- Y ed through the fabric, as shown in Fig. l. The

pointed hook is then inserted in its seat in one side of the button, and the opposite blunt hook o is nallysprung into itsseat in the opposite side of the button. By arranging the hooks of the yoke to face each other and practically at, right angles to the axis of the button a pulling strain uponthe button has a tendency to draw the hooks toward each other and to more iirmlyinterlock them with eye c2 to afford a larger bearing-surface for the eye and prevent its being stripped or torn out of the fabric. The preferred reinforce-I ment shown in the drawings consists of a disk provided with slots or notches f', extending inwardly from opposite edges thereof and terminating short of the center of the disk to leave a neck f2, which is embraced by the attaching-eye c2. The heads or enlargements at the ends of this neck are larger than the attaching-eye, so as to retain the neck within the eye. In attaching the fastener to the fabric the disk is placed against the back of the latter, and the yoke-eye c2, which has an open throat, as shown, is passed around the neck of the washer in the act of threading` the eye through the fabric.

When it is desired to detach the button from the garment, the short hook c of the fastening-yoke is simply sprung out of its seat in the button, the latter is withdrawn from the pointed hook c, and the yoke is withdrawn from the fabric. In order to facilitate the detachment of the yoke from the button, the latter is provided in its back, near the short hook of the yoke, with a recess or groove g, which extends across the inner adjacent yoke-arm and through which a piece of cord or thread may be passed and then drawn into the 'night of the short hook for springing the latter out of its seat.

Fig. 4i shows a modified construction of the button in which a single lining or reinforcingtube d2 is employed, which extends continuously from side to side of the button. This is an economical construction for molded buttons. In this modiiication the central portion of the yoke is confined laterally by lugs or ears h, projecting from the back of the button on opposite sides of the attaching-eye.

Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate a modified construction of the invention designed more especially for comparatively thin buttons. In this case the two inwardly-facing hooks of the fastening-yoke are sprung over the rim or edge of the button at opposite points and are countersunk in recesses t', formed in the face of the button. These recesses also prevent the hooks from being displaced in a lateral direction.

The construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is intended more especially for turned buttons, that illustrated in Fig. 4 for molded buttons, and that shown in Figs. and 6 for pearl or similar buttons; but my improvement is also applicable to hollow metallic buttons. Figs. '7 and 8 show such a button. In this case the back-platej of the button is formed centrally with a boss or protuberancej', provided in opposite sides with openings or seats jz, which are adapted to receive the hooks of the yoke, the hooks being sprung into their seats in the same manner' as the hooks of the constructions previously described.

In Figs. 9, 10, and 12 the fastener is shown as applied to a hemispherical button. In this modification the pointed and blunt yokehooks are seated in recesses formed in opposite sides of the button near its face, and the yoke arms are confined in a diametrical groove it in the rear side of the button. This modification illustrates an additional feature consisting of a split elastic ring Z, whichencircles the button in line with the hook-seats, so as to more securely confine the hooks in the seats. This retaining-ring is sprung into an annular groove l', formed in the button and intersecting the outer ends of the hookseats.

If desired, thefyoke may be permanently attached to the button by hinging it thereto at one end, as shown at min Fig. 1l, its other end being provided with a pointed inwardlyturned hook c3, which springsjnto a seat m' in the adjacent side of the button. In attaching such a button to a garment the free hooked end of the yoke is drawn through the fabric until the spring-eye is engaged with the same, and the hook is then sprung into its seat.

As my fastener is interlocked with and disengaged from the but-ton or similar article by a springing action, the button can be readily applied and detached, and as the fastener consists of but a single piece of suitable spring metal, such as wire, its cost is comparatively small.

The fastener avoids the necessity of perforating the button, and the latter can therefore be ornamented in its center, as well as upon its remaining portion.

While I have herein shown the improvement as applied to plain and ornamental buttons, it is equally desirable for badges, buckies,belt-ornaments,jewelry of various kinds, such as brooches and breastpins, and for other articles which are attached to textile fabrics and similar materials easilyT penetrable by pointed hooks.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination of a button, and a fastening attached to the back of the same and consisting of a yoke provided between its ends with an eye and at one of its ends with an inwardly-facing hook or catch which is detachably engaged with the button and adapted to penetrate the fabric to which the button is fastened, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a button, and a fastening attached to the back of the same and comprising an elastic attaching-eye and arms extending outwardly from opposite sides of said eye, one of said arms terminating in an inwardly-facing hook or catch which is arranged substantially at right angles to the axis of the but-ton and which is detachably interlocked with the button, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a button, and a detachable fastening consisting of a yoke provided at its ends with inwardly-facing hooks or catches constructed to engage with opposite portions of the button, substantially as set-forth.

4. The combination of a button, and a fas- IOO IIO

tening consisting of a yoke provided between its ends with a spring which permits longitudinal extension thereof and at its ends With inwardly-facing hooks or catches constructed to engage With opposite portions of the button, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of a button, and a detachable fastening consisting of a central spring-eye and arms extending outwardly from opposite sides of said eye and provided at their ends With hooks or catches constructed to engage with opposite portions of the button, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of a button provided in opposite sides with seats or sockets, and a detachable fastening consisting of a spring-yoke provided between its ends with means for attaching it to a fabric and at its ends With inwardly-facing hooks adapted to interlock with said seats, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of a button, a detachable fastening consisting of a yoke provided at its ends with inwardly -facing hooks or catches constructed to engage With opposite portions of the button, and means independent of said hooks or catches for holding the yoke against displacement on the button in a direction at an angle to the plane of the yoke, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of a button provided in its back With a diametrical groove, and a fastening consisting of a yoke seated in said groove and provided at its ends with hooks or catches constructed to engage with opposite ing consisting of a yoke seated in said groove and provided at its en ds withinwardly-facing hooks or catches constructed to engage withA opposite portions of the button, and a retaining-ring surrounding the button adjacent to said hooks or catches, substantially as set forth.

10. A fastener for a button, consisting of a yoke having a central spring-eye and arms extending from opposite sides of said eye and terminating in inwardly-facing hooks adapt-ed to engage opposite portions of the button, sub stantially as set forth.

11. The combination of a button, a fastening consisting of a yoke provided between its ends with an eye having an open throat and at its ends with attachments adapted to engage with opposite portions of a button, and a disk or Washer having a neck constructed to enter the throat of said eye and heads or e11- largements at opposite ends of the said neck for confining the same in the eye, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 24th day of September, 1902.

CARTTER. NVEAVER.

Witnesses:

THEO. L. POPP, CARL F. GEYER. 

